Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange), 1858-1918 · Boston, Arena Pub. Co. · leaf 24
iously affected. Theheart and lungs, by nature protect-ed by a cage of bone, have beenabnormally crushed in a space socontracted as to absolutely prohibitthe free action upon which healthdepended; while the downwardpressure was necessarily equallyinjurious to her delicate organism.The tightly drawn… … Street costuine. Summer, 1891.(Compare waist Mitli anteriorview of thorax of cor.set-wearinglady of to-day.) See page 412. 18 fashion willed it. Nor was this all; enormous bustles andskirts of prodigious dimension have borne their weight largelyupon that part of her body which above all else should…
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